One vial of vaccine. Five elderly homebound patients. Six hours to get to them before the vaccine spoiled. Doctors at Northwell Health, the largest heath care provider in New York State, set out last week to solve one of the most vexing medical and logistical challenges of the campaign to get Americans vaccinated against the…
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The graphic designer Eileen Tjan and the social media director Michael Chan have designed a T-shirt that brings attention to Asian-American and Pacific Islander-owned restaurants, while raising money for the Support the AAPI Community Fund. “There are many trendy, high-end fashion T-shirt designs out there, but we wanted to make one that had purpose,” Mr.…
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The Persian New Year, on the vernal equinox, lasts for 13 days. The kickoff, Nowruz (New Day), was Saturday, and though the feast for that gets lots of fanfare, the holiday concludes with Sizdeh Beder (Nature Day), April 2. That day’s dishes might include ash reshteh, a thick soup of beans, noodles and herbs; marinated…
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Melanie Moss, a pastry chef who worked at Babbo and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, went on to open Mini Melanie, a bakery in Brooklyn, with her sister, Diana Moss, a former lawyer. Now they have introduced tall cakes, stacked with layers of buttercream filling and icing, that come with chocolate ganache or other sauces…
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Creamy oat milk soft-serve “ice cream” in chocolate, vanilla or a swirl of both (starting at $5.75), is dispensed into big cones or cups and garnished with sauces, sprinkles and other toppings at Whipped, a storefront on the Lower East Side. The owners, sisters Zan B.R., a lawyer, and Courtney Blagrove, with a degree in…
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Italy offers many types of prosciutto, from different regions and also from several cuts of pork. Culatta is one of them, new to the American market, and made from a central, most tender part of the boneless thigh. It’s the same cut as is used for the highly prized culatello prosciutto except that for culatta,…
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There’s an Indian gin, new to the United States, that’s worth knowing. Jaisalmer Indian Craft Gin, made by one of India’s major distillers, Radico Khaitan, offers a dry, aromatic style, with piney, minty, citric notes and a hint of coriander and anise on the palate, to pair well with tonic or in a martini. At…
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The site was nearly deserted. A few locals were tidying up after recent restoration work, and young camel drivers were out looking for clients. In the midday heat, the bright glow of the desert helped focus my attention on the pyramids themselves. Situated on the east bank of the Nile, some 150 miles by car…
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Although Mr. Agerton had no suicidal or homicidal thoughts, his wife added an extra locking mechanism to a safe containing a pistol. “That he could harm himself or me or the kids hadn’t even occurred to me, but that’s an entirely different element of fear and protection that starts to surge through you,” she said.…
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Even today, when most household items are readily available, certain products cannot be rushed — and a subset of old-school artisans continue to take their stubborn time. Consider, for example, the 32-year-old woodworker Sophie Sellu. As the founder and lone employee of the London brand Grain and Knot, she spends six to eight consecutive weeks…
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